Números de migrantes llegados al Canadá según sus lenguas maternas. Se cuenta solamente aquellas que llegaron, no los que ya se encontraban en Canadá.
|
Idioma |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
| 1. Mandarín |
12,502 |
20,796 |
21,014 |
18,689 |
24,976 |
31,386 |
36,177 |
28,126 |
31,716 |
31,458 |
| 2. Inglés |
27,801 |
25,405 |
22,357 |
17,623 |
18,607 |
19,556 |
22,132 |
18,866 |
18,693 |
22,031 |
| 3. Arabe |
13,153 |
13,839 |
13,268 |
11,483 |
12,497 |
15,489 |
20,214 |
18,047 |
17,222 |
18,985 |
| 4. Español |
6,290 |
6,965 |
7,242 |
6,443 |
7,251 |
8,726 |
10,139 |
10,460 |
12,490 |
14,317 |
| 5. Punjabi |
11,893 |
14,778 |
13,042 |
10,765 |
11,395 |
14,038 |
14,397 |
15,271 |
13,838 |
13,255 |
| 6. Tagalog |
14,428 |
12,271 |
10,466 |
7,679 |
8,327 |
9,612 |
12,556 |
10,611 |
11,443 |
12,442 |
| 7. Urdu |
4,188 |
8,259 |
12,071 |
8,001 |
8,616 |
13,616 |
15,250 |
13,467 |
11,962 |
11,721 |
| 8. Ruso |
5,782 |
7,457 |
9,552 |
10,886 |
9,352 |
9,450 |
10,018 |
9,418 |
8,393 |
8,759 |
| 9. Francés |
4,491 |
4,033 |
3,635 |
4,575 |
4,721 |
5,343 |
5,591 |
5,199 |
5,391 |
6,800 |
| 10. Rumano |
4,202 |
3,854 |
4,026 |
3,062 |
3,542 |
4,540 |
5,628 |
5,815 |
5,559 |
5,858 |
| 11. Coreano |
3,541 |
3,277 |
4,131 |
4,993 |
7,236 |
7,661 |
9,664 |
7,410 |
7,180 |
5,420 |
| 12. Hindú |
1,958 |
2,677 |
2,932 |
2,108 |
2,936 |
4,303 |
5,340 |
5,322 |
4,396 |
5,346 |
| 13. Tamil |
9,311 |
6,486 |
5,584 |
3,785 |
5,148 |
6,480 |
6,195 |
5,825 |
4,915 |
5,113 |
| 14. Farsi |
950 |
2,599 |
6,075 |
5,652 |
4,653 |
4,501 |
4,680 |
6,916 |
5,043 |
5,069 |
| 15. Cantonés |
36,572 |
32,572 |
23,633 |
10,278 |
5,450 |
5,322 |
4,704 |
5,243 |
5,207 |
5,003 |
| 16. Chino |
5,949 |
10,100 |
12,065 |
8,240 |
9,930 |
8,761 |
7,113 |
6,769 |
4,412 |
4,656 |
| 17. Gujarati |
1,864 |
2,618 |
2,448 |
1,849 |
2,039 |
5,317 |
5,462 |
5,964 |
4,731 |
4,656 |
| 18. Otros idiomas africanos |
1,077 |
842 |
518 |
439 |
555 |
727 |
720 |
1,127 |
2,374 |
3,512 |
| 19. Bengali |
2,134 |
3,046 |
3,571 |
2,334 |
2,357 |
3,495 |
4,414 |
3,515 |
2,499 |
3,159 |
| 20. Alemán |
2,114 |
2,572 |
2,126 |
1,938 |
2,207 |
2,200 |
1,961 |
1,866 |
2,245 |
2,388 |
| Total – Sólo los 20 primeros |
170,200 |
184,446 |
179,756 |
140,822 |
151,795 |
180,523 |
202,355 |
185,237 |
179,709 |
189,948 |
| Total – Todos los idiomas |
42,666 |
41,626 |
36,283 |
33,374 |
38,168 |
46,936 |
48,261 |
43,799 |
41,643 |
45,860 |
| Total |
212,866 |
226,072 |
216,039 |
174,196 |
189,963 |
227,459 |
250,616 |
229,036 |
221,352 |
235,808 |
Fuente: Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Immigration Overwiew 2003 – Immigrants by mother tongue.